PQDL: Program Quality Digital Library

Handouts to accompany the Benefits-Harms Facilitator's Manual

This handbook offers programmers a framework for rights and impacts and a set of analytical tools that will ensure staff and partners take responsibility for the human rights impact of their work.

FRENCH VERSION: The CVCA methodology provides a framework for analyzing vulnerability and capacity to adapt to climate change at the community level.

Cohort studies are commonly promoted in epidemiology as almost a ‘golden’ standard for their value in clearly portraying attributable changes over time in a very specific population. 

At the same time, however, cohort studies have numerous potential drawbacks and risks.  My fundamental concerns about cohorts are numerous.  These are generalisations on the politics of health and research, not personal critiques of any individuals currently involved in cohort projects. 

"How to" tool for incorporating protection considerations into data collection.

French translation of the CARE M&E Guidelines.

This very practical handbook is a guide to translating CARE's vision, principles and values into action through logical design of projects and programs.

A 9-page set of tips for data collection, review and analysis of secondary data sources for general research purposes.

This is the manual for facilators of DME workshops conducted for CARE staff in in Asia in 1997. It covers plans and notes for the 8 sessions with overheads for each of the 8 sessions.

A 3-page brief on importance of documenting research methods and findings for general research purposes.

Describes how HLS has been operationalized in CARE.  Drawing on real cases, the paper shows how livelihood concepts and tools have been taken into account in strategic planning, diagnosis, design, implementation, monitoring, reformulation and evaluation.

This guide outlines the basic principles of impact measurement and accountability in relation to humanitarian response and suggests some tried and tested easy-to-implement tools for putting these principles into practice from the beginning of a project.

This handout is a draft template for a project M&E plan.  It shows some standard pieces to be included in such a plan, gives options for additional detail, and presents the reader/user with guiding questions to facilitate the process.

CIUK commissioned Mary Picard to collect and synthesis of case studies illustrating how CARE projects in many countries are applying RBA.

This first module, created by CARE Uganda, outlines the process of grappling with various obstacles to demonstrating programmatic processes: a relatively small amount of resources available for evaluation (feasibility), a lack of indicators and tools relevant to ‘program’ impact versus project impact (technical), and no clear system for program impact evaluation versus the set cycle of baseline, end-of-project and ex post evaluations for projects (management).

Intended for project managers to gain a common understanding of the process for managing a DME information system. This entails processes for defining, locating, collecting, storing, analyzing, sharing and using information.

Comprehensive guide to researching violence against women, including important ethical guidance to avoid causing harm to respondents.

CARE policy for informed consent to use stories and images, including special provisions for interviewing minors.